Packing-pad.



H. J. BLOGKI.

momma PAD. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26,1910.

969,451. Patented Sept 6,1916.

UNITED STATES PATEN F'IOE.

HERBERT J. BLOCKI. 0F SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN PACKING-PAD.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT J. BLOCKI, residing in Sheboygan, in the county of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Packing-Pads, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to packing pads for use in shipping furniture and the like to prevent damage thereto and has for its object to effectively prevent the paper wrapper of the pad sticking to the finish on the furniture and als to provide such paper wrapper with a coating of soft yielding material which will avoid the formation of indentations in the finish of the furniture due to the pressure thereon through the light paper wrapper of coarse pieces ofexcelsior or the like constituting the body portion of the pad.

Another object of the invention is to ac complish the foregoing by means of a paper wrapper permeated with acoating of parafiin or the like, preferably with uncoated edges to permit of their being glued together to produce the desired tubular formation.

'ith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the packing pad as herein claimed and all equivalents.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like characters of reference indicate the same parts in the different views: Figure l is a face view of a packing pad constructed in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 is a rear view; and, Fig. 3 is a sectional view thereof.

In these drawings 10 indicates a paper wrapper surrounding a mass of excelsior 11 or other fibrous filling to form the yielding body portion of the pad, the meeting edges of said wrapper being glued or otherwise secured together at 12 to produce the desired tubular formation. The paper wrapper 10 is permeated with a coating of soft yielding wax-like material 13. such as paraflin, which preferably is applied thereto previous to the formation of the pad. but which may be ap plied subsequent to the gluing or other seal ing operation. In order that the paraffin coating may not interfere with the'gluing operation, such coating preferably extends Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 6, 1910.

Application fi1ed February 26, 1910.

Serial No. 546,200.

across the intermediate portion only of the sheet of paper which forms the wrapper, terminating ata. short.- distance from the edges thereof so as to leave an uncoated margin at said edges to receive the glue.

With packing pads constructed in accordance with this invention there is no liability of the paper wrapper sticking to newly finished furniture or to furniture which is subjected to heat and atmospheric conditions during shipment which would ordinarily cause the paper to adhere thereto, for the paraffin surface of the paper is incapable of adhesion to the finish of the furniture. Another material advantage for the coated wrapper for the packing consists in its constituting a soft yielding cushion to take the impressions of the coarse fibers or pieces of excelsior contained in the filling of thepad when great pressure is brought to hear thereon, and thus 'prevent' such impression being made in the finish of the article of furniture. The 'thin paper wrapper is of insufficient cushioning effect in itself for this purpose. Another advantage for the paraffin coating on the wrapper of the pad is that it prevents the grinding of particles of dust and the like against the finish of the furniture during shipment. the paraffin being of such a soft and yielding nature as to permit the dust particles becoming embedded therein instead of forcing them to grind against the finish of the furniture as with packing pads having untreated paper wrappers.

\Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is As an article of manufacture, a packing pad consisting of a fibrous filler of excelsior or the like material, and a paper wrapper therefor permeated with a wax-like coating of paraftin or the like material. said coating extending from near one edge of the paper wrapper to near the other edge thereof. leaving an untreated margin at the meeting edges of the paper wrapper, and said meeting edges of the paper wrapper being glued together.

In testimony whereof; I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT J. BLOCKI. 

